It wouldn’t surprise me if the rest of the european nations that signed up to the anti-cluster bomb treaty last year showed some interest in the Brimstone successor.

I would expect interest in LMM from anyone that is involved in UAV developments right now.

Time will tell.

Some cheap freefall bombs would be nice, maybe that’s too much to ask for.

Join the EU:confused:

Very true. The A-Darter of course having TVC.

The sources are official. Denel Dynamics CEO Jan Wessels has publically announced that A-Darter has already been tested at 80g’s, with the goal being somewhere between 90 to 100g’s.

Pretty hot stuff.

Are there advanced editions of ASRAAM and IRIS-T in the pipeline?

ASRAAM is due to be replaced starting around the end of the next decade with CAMM

UK approves Puma upgrade as helicopter debate rages on

A more than £300 million ($494 million) programme to equip the Puma fleet with new engines and avionics is to proceed, with the MoD having decided that “it is not feasible to advance the purchase of the [replacement] Future Medium Helicopter” instead at this time. The latter procurement is now expected to deliver new aircraft to replace its upgraded Puma HC2s from 2022, and RAF and Royal Navy Westland Sea Kings by 2017.[/url]

Good money thrown after bad 😡

Brown says we have enough helicopters….? Same Brown who said the UK will lead world in economic recovery? Same Brown who said the UK was well placed to weather the financial storm? Same Brown whose cabinet collegue said we could go to Helmand and not fire a shot? Same Brown who said the NHS and the UK is the best placed nation to deal with swine flu? The same Brown who said he wanted a new more honest and open politics?

The man’s mouth moves but nothing comes out.

I’m sure we could be here adding to this list for the rest of the day with a little thought.

That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re vague, it could just point to the line of thinking that the same hull type will be used with a different equipment set. I’m all for it, although i’d still like to see the T45 hull used for C1 to save on design costs.

True it doesn’t but the fact that neither of them have a fixed design and the concept pictures are completely different while displacement and dimensions are the same suggest to me that something isn’t quite on the money.

In officially confirming the MoD’s commitment to the Puma upgrade, Ainsworth said: “It is not feasible to advance the purchase of the Future Medium Helicopter and forego the Puma Life Extension Programme.” This upgrade will include new engines, cockpit and avionics worth more than GBP300 million.

Sounds like a big fat waste of money, how much does a Merlin cost?